The Sandpiper Hill Windmill, constructed in 1928 as part of a Gilded Age mansion, was a Dutch-style windmill replica located on Long Island's south Fork at Ditch hills. After the mansion fell victim to beach erosion, the windmill was purchased and moved by artist and photographer Peter Beard to his property in Montauk. In 1977, an oil-burner explosion led to a fire that destroyed both Beard's home and the windmill, marking the end of the structure's historical presence.[1]